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Matthew Miller wrote, commenting on Lego's Scala marketing: (...) And about how to buy stuff. After all, isn't that what life's all about - buying stuff? Gotta get them started young... Sometimes I despair when even Lego does this! Kevin (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.scala)
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(...) Is that an educated guess of a figure? ;) (...) Yeah... .mpl (Multi-Part LDraw) ? (...) Agreed. (...) That would be a good thing. The only argument I see against changing them is tradition, to which I say, 'poo.' -Tim (URL) timcourtne ICQ: (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: New Dave Baum Book?
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(...) Send me your snail. And post what parts you most hanker after. I'll see what I can do, and I invite others to do the same. If all goes well I have a few (1) technic shuttles coming that I will be parting out. 1 - ordered 20 but not all will be (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Wild West Trains posted!
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Larry Pieniazek wrote in message <3852BA1D.EEECFB3C@v...er.net>... (...) I remember always drooling over the big boy every time I picked up an AHM catalog. I've never broke down and bought one though, primarily because I've never been into big iron (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Wild West Trains posted!
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(...) Actually all of the above are completely doable. When I built my locomotives I actually built a prototype with three articulated sets of drive wheels (in pairs, but bigger combinations are possible). I plan on building larger, "over the road" (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: RIS 1.0 vs 1.5: which more "desirable"?
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(...) That's not true. Neither NQC nor LegOS require any vbx files. (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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Sorry, but you just built a gun with rails, not a railgun ;-) I remember seeing a REAL railgun at a science competition in DC once - the boy built it right - electromagnets would accelerate a bolt fast enough (in about a foot) to dent a piece of (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Donation Fun: Christmas toys
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(...) This is not a SERIOUS suggestion (this IS .fun... after all) but who's to say that we could not, with our community resources, create packaging that would look like a sealed package, sufficient to fool the mundanes. Actually I am NOT (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.fun.community)
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| | Re: Lugnet's security (Was: Re: What the F.......)
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Matthew Miller wrote in message ... (...) he is (...) in (...) I've thought about this many times in the past, and realize no test is at all necessary. When I post to Lugnet from work, I post using my Mindspring userid (which is what I've (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: What is 'LDraw?'
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(...) I think he was being sarcastic. Project is probably installed on 4000 times as many PCs as all the LDraw compatible tools put together. If you do anything that has to be planned, you can't live without Project and there really isn't a good (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Control Panels
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(...) If you are speaking of "who" as in mini-figs, I can answer. If you are speaking of a REAL SELLER, go thou unto marketplace! I think that the UFO, Rock Raiders, Robo-Force, Insectiods, and RES-Q all are easy to get now and have good control (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Looking for track
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(...) What kind of increase can we expect? Here in Canada Track is a follows. Straight, Curved $18.75 Points(pair) $41.00 Cross $14.00 These are in Canadian Dollars. Thanks for any help. Dean (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: [FA] - eBay - Lego CUSTOM: - Unique 4 axle custom Hopper
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See also: (URL) Larry Pieniazek larryp@novera.com (URL) - - Web Application Integration! (URL) Lugnet(tm): (URL) ref: lar, 1/2 $$ to lugnet. NOTE: Soon to be lpieniazek@tsisoft.com :-) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: What the F.......
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Okay. So who on rtl posts from mediaOne? It should not be too hard to find the terminal source of the fake message, etc. I've matched up a flamer that way in the past, making use of AltaVista. I'm not sure you can still do it there, but somene who (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jun-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Ship Power Core
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(...) I'm pretty sure I get it, but I have to think about it. If I figure out how to rig a fiber-optic unit into it to create a power transfer shaft with those clear blue and yellow cylinders, then I'll let you know... Aaron>maniac@vol.com (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.space)
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| | [FA] - eBay - Lego CUSTOM: - Unique 4 axle custom Hopper
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I am very pleased to present what I feel to be a historic lot: (URL) first of 9 lots to be sold on SC, eBay and perhaps BRICKS is an instance of my custom hopper. Big deal, you say? True, I've sold these before. But this is historic because I (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.trains, lugnet.market.theory, lugnet.cad)
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(...) Yup, OK, sorry. I jumped into the middle of the thread--pointed here on alert by someone who noticed the mess... --Todd (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Well, for anyone else out there contemplating giving sets to Toys for Tots or some other program, here's what I learned. 1) Though Larry's idea above is a great and economical one, for safety reasons Toys for Tots only accepts sealed package (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.fun.community)
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Hari, I'm very impressed...you've taken the baton and sprinted on to win the race :) (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Ship Power Core
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(...) ..... Dude.....thats like all complicated can you simplify for the retards like ne? (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.space)
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| | MLCad Plugin Capability?
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It would be really cool if programs like MLCad allowed plugins to be installed. This way, utility authors could write their utility as a plugin and have it installed so a user could work with his model from one program. Just an idea to throw out, (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: What is 'LDraw?'
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(...) LDraw Group? LDraw Organization? LDraw Foundation? (...) Hmmm, original software only, or original software including our updates? LDraw? LDraw Suite? LDraw Package? (...) Official ldraw.org Parts Updates. (...) LDraw Compatible (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Looking for a 8460 & 8848
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HI, I'm looking for a 8460 MISB or used in excellent condition. I'm willing to exchange it with a 8880 MISB or used. I'm also looking for a 8848. I'm open for an exchange or just to buy it. I also have a 8462 to trade. Or if you prefer, I have 5880 (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Lugnet's security (Was: Re: What the F.......)
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(...) He did post it in the test newsgroup. And it _was_ just a test. (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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Umm, Todd you posted the header for the "imposter" post, not the original post that I said I wouldn't post the headers for. Obviously Brad is real and I was just trying to support that. Brad, as you know we are an Internet savvy bunch and we had (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Looking for track
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(...) I think I don't need to. You said it all. My advice: Buy your straights and switches NOW before the price increase. Buy lots, because you can always sell it off if you need to. Curves? those can be had for less than S@H because people are (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: TLC or TLG?
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(...) I would be inclined to not worry about it until there is some change in LEGO's Fair Play policy(1), which still gives "LEGO® is a trademark of the LEGO Group of companies which does not sponsor, authorize or endorse this site" as an (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: **** MLCAD V1.6 IS AVAILABLE NOW ****
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I think MLCad is aces. But isn't using the MindStorms typeface kind of infringing on TLG trade dress? Just something to ponder. (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Brad Justus is real
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I thought the same thing, until someone showed how it could be done here as well. But your point is well taken. People here in LUGNET are on the whole mature adults who are responsible people. It is our little utopia (8 wide, of course;) based on (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Mockup: Train Front 14 x 6 (4560) P# 10036
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(...) Why don't you just BUY a 4560? -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: REQ: 8425
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(...) Kevin will start accepting 1997 sets soon. -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.db.scans)
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| | Re: Looking for track
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Welcome to the world of LEGO trains, Jack{:^D As far as acquiring track, I think you'll find that it's best to just suck it up and order from S@H. Auctions including track aren't very common, and even then it is folk who are looking to unload (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: TLC or TLG?
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(...) Sorry, I don't know the answer to either question. Julie (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 2000 Technic
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(URL) 22(?) technic items total ... -Lee. (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Throwbot (Slizer) gearboxes
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Go to a local Sam's Club and get the 8-pack of Throwbots for $34.99 ... much cheaper than the $6x8 = $48 "retail" for all of them. -Lee. (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Looking for track
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I have just taken the plunge this year to get a train, and now have the problem of acquiring enough track. Is there a good way to get track? Short of calling S@H that is. Are there regular auctions that include track? Is there a way to get track and (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 1.5 Upgrade -how?
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Well, I want to check out the 1.5 software (may have to use it for FLL next year), and don't really have another choice. The price isn't a problem, it is the fact that while it says "24 Hours", you get completely different companies depending on (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Students win Legos robotics competition
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I'm stoked about the coverage on this one. The more press the better. (URL) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.co.den, lugnet.announce)
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| | REQ: 8425
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I believe this set has been out of production for longer than the 2 yr limit, could somebody please scan and upload it? Thanks in advance. -Lee. (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.db.scans)
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| | Re: Brad Justus is real
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In lugnet.dear-lego, Todd Lehman writes: [snip] (...) For me, this hammers in why LUGNET is where I want to be. You notice that the forged posts were posted to USENET and not to here. I'll continue to read r.t.l, but I'm quite fond of having a stand (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: 2000 Star Wars sets are out in US
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(...) This is sarcasm, yes? James (URL) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Strange "cartoon" gears?
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I don't have them either. I sold all my old legos when I was about 17 or 18. I still regret that. One of the nice things about these gears is that you could mesh them at various angles, up to 90 degrees. Most current technic gears don't do that. (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: 2000 Star Wars sets are out in US
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I just checked out the pictures and I'm so glad these sets may be under the tree this year! One teeny nit-picky thing, though. The picture on the B-Wing box shows the ship flying with the wing out to the right side. It never flew this way in ROTJ. A (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Anyone trade their DYA bait?
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Hello, I don't have any of those sets you are lookming for (trying to get them myself) but I would be interested in buying a 4532 off of you?? Thanks, Ryan (talon025) (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | GFLTC in the GATS Tampa Show...
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Hi all, Just a reminder the Greater Florida LEGO Train Club will be at Great American Train Show in Tampa December 18th and 19th. This will be our first outing as a club and we haven’t had much time to work on the layout. But I think it should be a (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.loc.us.fl)
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| | Press Release?
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Out of curiosity, Brad, is there going to be a press release about LEGO Direct in the near future? It just occurs to me that it would be a very postive thing to have appearing in the press on the heels of the Fortune Magazine award (as well as the (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Dan's Lego Parts Auction Update: 12/11/99
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More parts have been sold, and only a few more are left. The open lots are at; (URL) Lots are here; (URL) Summary; (URL) M. Ok-Ok I'm recycling last night's update ;>o (Again!!) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Set 5876 spotted
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Hello, I noticed at www.thetoyshop.com, there was a set 5876, which looks like 5875 in different packaging including a book about doctors. Has anyone bought this set who can confirm this? /Eric McCarthy/ (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.belville)
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| | Re: What the F.......
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(...) // snip Kevin was refering to the headers of Brad's original message and not the forgery, I believe. Not that it matters, really ... it's clear that the "retraction" was a forgery, and I hope that the loser who posted the forged post loses his (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: The sunshine house 3119
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I did as well-- please don't say anything to my daughter;-) -John (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.scala)
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| | Mockup: Slope Brick 45 6 x 4 Double(4560) P# m456moc1.dat [DAT]
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this is a mockup till i figure out how to get the part (lego customer service HAHHAH) sorry tore, had to hack this part.. 0 Slope Brick 45 6 x 4 Double 0 Name: m456moc1.dat 0 Author: thomas burger (tburger666@aol.com) 0 hacked a few parts,Hacked (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Training OmniRemote for RCX commands
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Mike, You beat my response by 3 minutes and we said basically the same thing. We've been working on the same things for so long we are starting to think alike. Scary huh?! :) Robert (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.palm)
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| | Mockup: Train Front 14 x 6 (4560) P# 10036 [DAT]
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this is a mockup till i figure out how to get the part (lego customer service HAHHAH) 0 Train Element 14 x 6 With nosefront (mockup) 0 10036.dat 2 24 -40 16 -110 40.05 16 -110 2 24 -38 16 -110 -38 4 -110 2 24 -38 4 -110 -20 4 -110 2 24 -20 4 -110 (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Training OmniRemote for RCX commands
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Ed, LEGO does not use IrDA protocol but this is not the problem with OmniRemote. OmniRemote simply records any IR it detects at training and transmits a copy of the signals no matter what format they are in. I believe the two main problems with (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.palm)
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| | Ends Soon: Red Train Window Frames
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Check out this lot of 10 red 1x3x4 train windows-- price is still low! Go to Train Pieces: (URL) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Training OmniRemote for RCX commands
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Ed, yes the RCX is acknowledging most commands. It does not do this with the commands used in LRemote ((URL) -- I'm stuck on the old name too, for the same reason). The motor commands used in LRemote are repeating commands. As long as you hold down (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.palm)
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| | Re: Lugnet's security (Was: Re: What the F.......)
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(...) Ummm...Can't we just let Todd do his thing and assume that he knows what he is doing? No offense, Dan, but that was a strange thing to do -- especially in light of the RTL post from (I hope) an imposter. Its one thing to have an honest and (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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| | Brad Justus is real
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(...) Brad, I'm very sorry this happened. It seems that cheap attention is easy to be had these days. I wish LEGO the best of luck in determining the source of the forgery on Usenet/rec.toys.lego and hope that it does not discourage the ongoing (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce)
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| | Re: Implementing Finite State Machines
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Dave, I like the idea of teaching how to solve certain problems both with multiple threads and with a Finite State Machine. Adding "switch" would be great! Personally I think that a plain 'C' FSM using switch can be made to look very clear if (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: What the F.......
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(...) The woman who does quality assurance for my company has a cable modem with a Media One account. She lives in Cambridge or Somerville, I think. - chris (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Space Shuttle Set for Sale at ZanyBrainy!
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Zany Brainy, San Diego CA, had 17 sets remaining as of 4:00PM PST today, Sat 12/11/99. Location is Mission Valley. Still half price at $75. Al Thiele (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Lugnet's security (Was: Re: What the F.......)
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(...) Yes, obviously. That's why the rule in the T&C. --Todd (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: What the F.......
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(...) Hear Hear. (...) The only defence we've got may be just that - some measure of traceability of messages that are posted. As for a)why someone would do this, and b)how it can be prevented, I don't think there are real answers to those questions (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Lugnet's security (Was: Re: What the F.......)
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Thanks. I knew what I was doing when posting the message and just thought you should know it can be done (which you probably do). While I did it under good intentions, some else could do it under bad intentions and if it can be done, someone will do (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: **** MLCAD V1.6 IS AVAILABLE NOW ****
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(...) I like the splash screen. is the .dat file of the cool looking jeep available anywhere? -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: What the F.......
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(...) Well, I will. I want to have this on record in case the message on Usenet gets cancelled somehow. This is serious. Here are the headers: ------begin------ Path: reader2.news.rcn.net...ed.berkele y.edu!netnews.com!ch...ne.net!24. (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Lugnet's security (Was: Re: What the F.......)
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(...) Dan: Just so you know, what you just did is grounds for removal. Please do not ever do it again, even to make a point. Obviously you meant well but this is an extremely important rule not to violate. To repeat from the discussion group T&C, (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: What the F.......
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(...) Lego DOES have an email address. I have it and have sent them email. They just don't give it out because they don't want to be flooded with email from people who want to buy 2 purple 2x2 tiles or something else. (...) I don't think you really (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Lugnet's security (Was: Re: What the F.......)
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If this idiot from Mediaone.net was a little smarter, he could have faked Brad Justus's post even here as I just did: (URL) please delete the above message. I think everyone should be assigned a password to post here so you couldn't impersonate (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: What the F.......
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In response to myself: I WAS WRONG. LEGODIRECT AND BRAD JUSTUS (The legitimate one) DO EXIST. Just wanted to help clear this up. The hoax is the retraction posted to RTL, not the posts to Lugnet from Brad Justus. Note: I will not be deleting my (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Space Shuttle Set for Sale at ZanyBrainy!
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(...) Really? Wow! That's good to know for future reference. James (URL) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: What the F.......
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(...) Welcome to the dark side of the internet, Brad. Please don't let this get you down or spoil you on our community. (...) Mediaone.net's abuse department should be contacted about the impersonation, with extremely vehement complaints, at the (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: What the F.......
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I won't post the headers to the original message because it contains a private email address. The original message from Brad was posted from "interport.net" an RCN company. RCN is a dialup isp that covers the northeast US, and would be a reasonable (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: What the F.......
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The first message appeared to have come from another isp, interport.net, not mediaone.net, although the original never appeared on my news server so I can't get a look at the complete headers (only what dejanews provides). It's possible that this (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: What the F.......
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Let me stop this right now. Whoever posted claiming that LEGO Direct is a scam was not me; and the sentiment expressed in the post could not be more wrong. LEGO Direct is a very real undertaking of The LEGO Company and we are very committed to it -- (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego) !
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| | Hmmm
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"Brad Justus" wrote stuff about Lego Direct being a scam In the first instance, the posts to Lugnet and rtl were more or less simultaneous, yet there has been no post to Lugnet. One wonders if this might be because Todd's moderation would have (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 2000 Star Wars sets are out in US
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It is not 2000 yet, so your message does not exist... ... or at least that is official policy(?) Scott A (25 years ago, 11-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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| | part availability questions
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are any of the folowing parts currently hard to get? which of these parts does not currently appear in a set or service pack that is easy to get? all in black unless it says otherwise 2 x 4 plate 9v train wheelsets 2 x 2 plate 1 x 6 plate train (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: What the F.......
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If someone can decode all this and do a DNS lookup on the IP listed.. Here's the full header from that message. Notice complaints to abuse@mediaone.net it's a cable modem setup. so he's probably able to change his server name on the fly. Path: (...) (25 years ago, 11-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Trains & Promo Auctions on Serious Collector
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If interested, check out my auctions on Serious Collector: 2774: (4 URLs) (25 years ago, 11-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: What the F.......
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WE HAVE ALL BEEN SHAFTED!!!...!!! How gullible are we all--I guess very much so. After all, the email address looked official enough. And we all want our greatest wishes to come true. But I think we all got burned!!!! I personally did not post a (...) (25 years ago, 11-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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Has anyone actually successfully made and operated a compass sensor? I took a hiking compass and measured about 5 degrees deviation within about four inches of the RCX. On, off, didn't matter too much. But within a couple of inches of two motors, (...) (25 years ago, 11-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: What the F.......
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That message was posted from ndnws01.ne.mediaone.net It's too bad all the other messages posted by Brad are gone from my newsserver. That way we could compare if they all came from the same IP. Of course the only one who knows more about these (...) (25 years ago, 11-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Horrible quote from the Scala web catalog
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That is bad, though since I'm taking Sociology this semester, I have to look at how the culture of where this company exists is much different than ours in the US. You notice how those products do sell better in europe than the US, and you can be (...) (25 years ago, 11-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.scala, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: What the F.......
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(...) I had a feeling this was going to happen......I could be true.....or just some evil person who thought it would be a hoot to go and post a fake message saying Lego Direct was fake.......if it is the second of the two I am going to go into my (...) (25 years ago, 11-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: **** MLCAD V1.6 IS AVAILABLE NOW ****
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(...) heheeh.. since Mike doesn't post here very often... and not to toot my own too much.. but i did the new logos for mike.. i thought that he startup logo needed a little pizzazz... so i did the jeep shaded/wireframe shot for him.. he then (...) (25 years ago, 11-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: New dat file: 6041 Aquazone Propeller
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(...) thanks for the help with that problem. I just had the propellor in the wrong place. also just so you know, ldraw color number 36 is clear red, not clear fluro orange. #44 is clear fluro orange. mlcad defines #57 as clear fluro orange but (...) (25 years ago, 11-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | anyone got 6100? some questions.
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From the picture I have it appears as though 6100 has the minifig helment in silver. is this true? what other sets does the silver helment come in? also I am desperate for any or all of the folowing... an inventory (a list of all the parts in the (...) (25 years ago, 11-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.aquazone)
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| | What the F.......
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Has anybody read this yet? It was posted on RLT and I'm just quoting it: Subject: Thanks for your input (...) "The text beginning with ">" is not mine but somebody else's." (25 years ago, 11-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | 2000 Star Wars sets are out in US
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The 2000 Star Wars sets appear to have been found in stores. The Star Wars fan site Yakface's Realm has an item from a fellow who found the B-Wing, Desert Skiff, Gungan Patrol, Slave 1, A-Wing, Technic Battle Droid, and Technic Pit Droid at a (...) (25 years ago, 11-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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| | mockup of m4560 engine part.
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that wierd black part.. ive got a dat file for it. post soon along with official m4560. almost completed also that 4 x 6 sloped double.. anyone got the part #? or the train front in 4560? (25 years ago, 11-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: This is just funny.
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Looks TLC has discovered 'minimalism' ;) Ray (...) (25 years ago, 11-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: RIS 1.0 vs 1.5: which more "desirable"?
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(...) The problem is that 1.5, does not have the vbx file to allow these to work. You have to get this from a version 1 system. (...) 1.5, adds quite a few useful pieces, but loses a few others. Having '1' upgraded, gives you the best of both (...) (25 years ago, 11-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: Lego de-lurks!
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(...) Well not much use given the limited accuracy of GPS over a small area. (...) Most of the compass sensors draw too much current. However it should be possible to do something. (...) This is possible. I am having thoughts... (...) this can go (...) (25 years ago, 11-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Anyone trade their DYA bait?
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Hi! Anyone willing to trade some of their 4549/4547/4537? Got some 4532s to offerm which some missed out on, as well as 4552s. Thanks Torsten (25 years ago, 11-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: 1715, 1867s??
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(...) (25 years ago, 11-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Horrible quote from the Scala web catalog
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(...) That's ao awful! I can't believe they really wrote that! (25 years ago, 11-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.scala)
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| | Re: 8054,4537,6949 to trade
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(...) am (...) Ciao Marco, che vorresti per il 4537? Ciao Torsten (25 years ago, 11-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: 7715 ist verkauft
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(...) Hey Manfred, tut mir leid für Dich. Aber keine Angst, der Zug geht in die besten Hände. Und ich bin sogar im Urlaub im Internet Cafe! Habe zufällig Bines post gesehen und war wohl per Zufall der Glückliche. Wenn sie das auf Englisch (...) (25 years ago, 11-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.de)
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| | Horrible quote from the Scala web catalog
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The basic existence of a special dumbed-down and pinked-up segment of the LEGO universe designated for girls (and the corresponding boys-only restriction for Technic and even System) is bad enough, but check out this quote from the Scala web site: (...) (25 years ago, 11-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.scala, lugnet.general)
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